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Blind Spots Exposed: Navigating AI, Third-Party Risks, and Compliance in 2025

9/9/2025

Recent Statistics & Reports

11% of organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification are in Europe.

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51% of all organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification managing international data flows report increased complexity in policy development and control implementation.

9/9/2025•
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Only 38% of organizations over 20,000 employees actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification achieve top-tier encryption (76-100% coverage).

9/9/2025•
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Organizations without governance tracking show 5 percentage points higher rates of low-encryption outcomes (20% vs. 15%).

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59% of mid-market firms (5,000-9,999 employees) actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification achieve top-tier encryption (76-100% coverage).

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Only 56% of organizations have fully implemented end-to-end encryption for all sensitive data.

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While 95% of organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification track some governance tracking effectiveness metrics, only 38% have instituted comprehensive governance control and tracking systems.

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Vendor compliance ranks as the second-highest challenge for the organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification (scoring 73 out of 100).

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39% of organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification cite vendor compliance as a top concern. This is 7 percentage points higher than non-CMMC organizations.

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Only 22% of organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification implement contractual security requirements with suppliers. This is below the 27% industry average.

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The challenge of data inventory accuracy affects 27% of organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification. It ranks sixth among seven key challenges.

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20% of organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification are in Asia-Pacific.

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7% of organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification are in Middle East/Africa.

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Just over half of organizations have centralized governance processes.

9/9/2025•
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63% of organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification are in North America.

9/9/2025•
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Top Categories

Defense
15
CMMC 2.0
11
Encryption
3
Governance
3
Governance tracking
2
Vendor compliance
2
Europe
1
Asia-Pacific
1

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